My blog for the next six months
There's been quite a gap since my last entry; I've been busy on the first draft of This World. Since I know I'll be out of commission for...
The Political Libido
In the ever relevant and ever quoted Orwell essay 'Why I Write,' he lists four reasons for writing: 1) Sheer egoism 2) Aesthetic...
The Ten Commandments of Writing
1. LIMITS ARE YOUR FRIEND (because the best solution is a creative solution) 2. DON'T BE TOO GOOD A WRITER (don't fall in love with your...
Perseverance, Perseverating, and Persevering
When I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, I wanted to be a rock star. That was all I wanted to be. Specifically, Springsteen. So I got a...
Steal this
I did a very non-Banksy thing and went to the Banksy exhibit in Toronto (run by his ex-assistant, not endorsed by Banksy). At any rate,...
I just don't know
My most recent writing project is the play 'New Wave' (even though I had sworn off writing plays after a number of failures). One of the...
Prescience
Great writers have continued relevance and prescience. But then, maybe not much has really changed since 1963: "Behind what we think of...
Francis's Rules
In his new book 'Live Cinema and Its Techniques', Francis Ford Coppola lays out his rules of screenwriting and filmmaking in an early...
The weaknesses
I recently made a list of my weakest faults as a writer: 1) may suck 2) tendency to overly complex storylines/too many themes 3) I like...
